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US 10,737,325 B2Granted
Additive printing method
AssigneeDavid Money
InventorsDavid Scot Money, Christopher Smith
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Abstract
A manufacturing method which manufactures articles which have hollow areas inside them which are subject to their own internal vacuum. A 3-D printer can be located inside a vacuum chamber and the article(s) can be 3-D printed, thereby the hollow area inside each such article is subject to its own vacuum. When removed from the vacuum chamber, the article's hollow area remains subject to its own internal vacuum.
Claims7
A method of printing an article, comprising:
- providing a 3-D printer in a vacuum chamber;
- printing with the 3-D printer a first layer of the article comprising a plurality of first hollow objects with a plurality of respective first holes, each of the first holes being located in a respective first hollow object;
- forming a first vacuum state inside the vacuum chamber after printing the first layer while the plurality of respective first holes are not filled in;
- filling in the plurality of first holes with the 3-D printer while in the first vacuum state;
- deactivating the first vacuum state inside the vacuum chamber;
- printing with the 3-D printer a second layer of the article comprising a plurality of second hollow objects with a plurality of respective second holes, each of the second holes being located in a respective second hollow object, the second layer being adjacent and attached to the first layer;
- forming a second vacuum state inside the vacuum chamber after printing the second layer while the plurality of respective second holes are not filled in;
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- filling in the plurality of second holes with the 3-D printer while in the second vacuum state.
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